reˈmembrancing, vbl. n.
[See remembrance n. and v.]
The act of remembering or reminding; a reminder.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. ii. viii. 188 That men visite and haunte for the seide eende of solempne remembrauncing tho placis and tho ymagis, which it is sure God to chese. 1627 W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 290 Minding, Remembrancing, putting in minde of dutie. 1800 Coleridge Piccolom. i. ii. 134 This is no more than a remembrancing That you are now in camp. 1825 Lamb Elia Ser. ii. Barbara S―, [These little books] were precious to her for their affecting remembrancings. 1952 Essays in Criticism II. ii. 150 Many religious poems in English had a Latin refrain which gave the recurrent gesture of authority and devotional remembrancing. |